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hlthe2b

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4. watching at double speed---good suggestion.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 20, 2024, 06:31 AM

Mar 2024

I fast forward and if the point hasn't been made in the first minute or two, I give up. It is frustrating when the provocative youtube titles don't begin to mesh with the content.

Some of the "hosts" need to realize that long "wind-ups" and incredibly obvious analyses really turn off folks.

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I am not on this site to watch videos [View all] Joe Cool Mar 2024 OP

There is a simple solution ornotna Mar 2024 #1

Just don't watch them then. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 2024 #2

What's really odd is the idea that you have to watch a video to decide whether to watch or not Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2024 #8

Agree videos are an inefficient use of time. I watch them at double speed. bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #3

watching at double speed---good suggestion. hlthe2b Mar 2024 #4

I was wondering... 2naSalit Mar 2024 #6

Meidas Touch are lawyers, they can manufacture verbage at will bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #9

Well... 2naSalit Mar 2024 #13

Maybe I should include YMMV bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #17

In particular, one source posts videos that average 15 minutes and say nothing 3Hotdogs Mar 2024 #16

Joe and I are asking for a summary Tetrachloride Mar 2024 #5

Start a business, YouTube @ 2ce the speed. bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #11

I watch 2% of vids w no summary, and 15% of vids w reasonable summaries Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2024 #7

Agreed. This is new with DU4. Admin pls call for summaries on videos. So many of them now with no brief context. brush Mar 2024 #10

OR... 2naSalit Mar 2024 #14

Segregate the videos to their own section? LatteLady Mar 2024 #12

Agreed. Post summaries. n/t Bobstandard Mar 2024 #15

Please post summaries, i usually don't have headphones and my wife doesn't want to hear. dem4decades Mar 2024 #18

We just had a long thread on this less than a week ago so I'll re-use my locking message EarlG Mar 2024 #19